Is a International Business degree worth it?
Across 90 schools, graduates of International Business earn a median $71,236 five years out on $21,809 of debt. Most go on to work as Managers, All Other (8% of them, per Census ACS). These earnings and debt figures come from the U.S. Dept. of Education.
Median 5-yr pay
$71,236
Median debt
$21,809
Years to pay off
2.9
at 10% of pay
AI task exposure
58%
GPT-4-era overlap
10-yr job growth
+3%
BLS 2024–2034
Gender pay gap
15.4%
$81,221 vs $68,683
Net price
$21,063/yr
Debt-test failures
1.6%
of programs
'Real' premium
+$8,819
vs avg, adjusted
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Explore International Business in full →Data: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, BLS OEWS, O*NET, AI-exposure measures (Eloundou/AIOE), Zillow. Earnings reflect federally-aided graduates; see the full story for methodology and limitations.